Sentence examples for affirms rather than from inspiring English sources

And most foreseeable development in the area affirms rather than punishes our reliance on cars.

"She's running explicitly as someone who affirms rather than challenges conventional gender stereotypes," said Jocelyn H. Olcott, a Duke University history professor who studies the role of women in Mexican politics.

A friend who is a crown court judge once told me that he is always pleased when a member of a jury affirms rather than swears the oath on the Bible, because it indicates independence and maturity of mind.

Wagering for inclusion with regard to marriage is problematic first of all because it affirms rather than challenges the legitimacy of marriage as the supreme institution of relationships and domesticities.

(Witnesses and officials can opt to make an affirmation rather than take an oath; the affirmation omits reference to God and uses the words "I affirm" rather than "I swear".

They usually affirm rather than swear oaths.

True, Franklin Pierce affirmed rather than swore.

That means any close calls go in favor of affirming, rather than overturning, the conviction.

The president has asserted that gay parenting is something to be affirmed, rather than denigrated.

Our novels affirm rather than challenge our sense of ourselves in the world.

The point is, are there ways to combine science with meanings that would be affirming rather than threatening to people?